SCIENTOLOGY^® AND DIANETICS^® AUDITING

 The reference that best explains the difference between these two routes is the Classification, Gradation and
Awareness Chart.

On the right side of the chart there are various steps a person moves through as he receives auditing. Each grade listed has a column for "Ability Gained" that describes the increasing levels of awareness and ability achieved at each stage. In auditing, one is working toward improving himself and regaining recognition of and rehabilitating his spiritual nature and abilities. This is done on a gradient (a gradual approach to something, taken step by step), so those states of being which are seemingly "too high above one" can be achieved with relative ease.

 The left-hand side of the chart describes the gradient steps of training on which one gains the knowledge and abilities necessary to audit another on each level. Each course listed includes a description of the subject matter that is taught at that level. In training, one is learning about the various facets of life with a view to helping others.

These two different paths parallel each other. Optimally, a person follows both paths.

The chart is a guide for the individual from the point he first enters Scientology, and shows him the basic sequence in which he will receive his auditing and training.

 Research has shown that it takes at least that long for the effect of drugs to wear off. Quite simply, auditing is not as effective while drugs are in the system because a person on drugs is less alert and may even be rendered stupid, blank, forgetful, delusive or irresponsible.

 No. Antibiotics work differently than drugs. If the preclear has a doctor's prescription for antibiotics and is taking these to handle an infection, he should be sure to let his Director of Processing  know, but this will not prevent him from receiving auditing. Many people claim that antibiotics work more rapidly and effectively if one is receiving auditing at the same time.

Except for antibiotics or prescribed medical drugs by a medical doctor, no.

 If one has a medical or dental condition requiring treatment and wishes to take some medical drug other than antibiotics, he should inform his Director of Processing. A medical or dental consultation will be advised and a handling worked out in liaison with the Director of Processing to best accommodate one's progress in Scientology.

Any other drug use, such as the use of street drugs or psychiatric mind-altering drugs, is forbidden.

Drugs are usually taken to escape from unwanted emotions, pains or sensations. In Scientology, the real reasons for these unwanted conditions get handled and people have no need or desire for drugs. Drugs dull people and make them less aware. Scientology's aim is to make people brighter and more aware.

 Drugs are essentially poisons. Small amounts may act as a stimulant or as a sedative, but larger amounts act as poisons and can kill one.

 Drugs dull one's senses and affect the reactive mind so that the person becomes less in control and more the effect of his reactive mind, a very undesirable state.

 Despite the claims of psychiatrists that drugs are a "cure-all," at best they cover up what is really wrong, and at worst, actually harm one. The real answer is to handle the source of one's troubles-and that is done with Scientology.

 This depends upon one's particular auditing program. Some receive longer or shorter hours of auditing than others, but an average would be 2 1/2 hours a day. Auditing is best done intensively, at least 12 1/2 hours a week The more intensively one is audited the more rapid progress he makes as he is not bogged down by current life upsets. Therefore it is best to arrange for many hours of consecutive auditing, i.e., 50 to 100 hours at 12 1/2 hours a week minimum.

 Of course, one is not always receiving auditing so when one is, his best chance of making rapid progress is intensively.

 The basics of auditing have not changed, but there have been considerable advances and refinements in auditing processes over the years. L. Ron Hubbard continued his research and development of Scientology auditing technology throughout his life, and completed it before he passed away. All of his technology is now available and laid out in an exact sequence of gradient steps in which it should be used.

 Scientology auditing is delivered in a specific sequence which handles the major barriers people encounter when trying to achieve their goals. After receiving auditing, you will start to recognize for yourself that you are changing, that your outlook on life is improving and that you are becoming more able. In Scientology, you will not be told when you have completed an auditing level-you will know for yourself, as only you can know exactly what you are experiencing. This gives you the certainty that you have attained what you want to attain from each level.

 There will also no doubt be some outwardly demonstrable or visible changes that occur: Your IQ may increase, you might look healthier and happier, and may well have people comment on how calm or cheerful you look or, for instance, how you are doing better on your job.

 Results like these are the products of auditing. Each person knows when he has achieved them.

 Dianetics and Scientology technologies are very exact and well-tested procedures that work in 100 percent of the cases in which they are applied standardly.

 The only proviso is that the preclear must be there on his own determinism and must abide by the rules for preclears during his auditing to ensure optimum results. The Church makes no guarantee of results as auditing is something which requires the active participation of the individual. Auditing is not something done to an individual-it is something done in which he is the active participant.

 Dianetics auditing is used to help handle physical pains or discomfort stemming from the reactive mind.

 Scientology is not in the business of curing things in the traditional sense of the word. Auditing is not done to fix the body or to heal anything physical, and the E-Meter® cures nothing. However, in the process of becoming happier, more able and more aware as a spiritual being through auditing, illnesses that are psychosomatic in origin (meaning the mind making the body ill) often disappear.

 Exteriorization is the state of the thetan, the individual himself, being outside his body with or without full perception, but still able to control and handle the body.

 Exteriorization is a personal matter for each individual. Many Scientologists have been known to go exterior, so it would not be at all surprising if you do too at some point during your auditing.

 This can happen at any time in auditing. When a person goes exterior, he achieves a certainty that he is himself and not his body.